In addition to gonad development, Sox3 was associated with X-linked mental retardation, growth hormone deficiency and X-linked panhypopituitarism in humans (Laumonnier et al., 2002; Bauters et al., 2014; Jelsig et al., 2018), and was required for the functions of pituitary and formation of midline structures in central nervous system in mice (Rizzoti et al., 2004). Here, SOX3 is linked to panhypopituitarism.